Research Article

Comparative Reproduction Aspects of the Deep-water Shrimps Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda, Aristeidae) in the Greek Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Table 4

Elements of the logistic model (P = 1/[1+e(ax+bCL)]) for the mature (CLmf), mated (CLsf) females and mature males (CLsm) of A. foliacea and Aristeus antennatus.

CL50aSEbSE

FEMALES
A. foliacea

Ovarian maturity
38.84 (CLmf)−10.691.380.3000.035
Spermatophore occurrence
36.84 (CLsf)−4.850.590.1310.013
Aristeus antennatus

Ovarian maturity
29.45 (CLmf)−5.651.650.1920.039
Spermatophore occurrence
26.03 (CLsf)−2.490.6060.0950.010
MALES
A. foliacea

26.65 (CLsm)−11.662.660.680.078
Aristeus antennatus

19.36 (CLsm)−5.681.320.2930.053